Teck Ghee CSC Under 19 Basketball Tournament will kick off tomorrow evening at Teck Ghee CC. While we do not have much information of this tournament, our die-hard readers or fans had sent in Home United Squad’s fixtures.
While the senior team had just completed the Converse Challenge Cup, the limelight is now on the younger squad. Our team will be down to at least cover the line-up for the HUBC team. Nevertheless, players like Folkoff brothers, Mitchell and Jacob, “veteran young” like Teo Chun Hoe and Kng En Ning should be in the line-up as all of them had featured in the senior team in various tournaments. It will be interesting to see the future stars of HUBC perform in this tournament.
**HUBC Fixtures
27th Dec 2007 @ 8.30pm: Woodlands Ring vs HUBC
29th Dec 2007 @ 6.45pm: Tong Whye vs HUBC
3rd Jan 2008 @ 7.45pm: Teck Ghee CSC vs HUBC
**These fixtures were sent by Blog’s readers. Accuracy of the fixtures has yet to be verified from the organizer.
Wednesday, 26 December 2007
Home United Hits Double
Both Men and Women team of Home United Basketball Club clinched this year’s Converse Singapore Challenge Cup. Both team were the favourites to win this title and came out as expected as Champion. The two teams remain unbeaten in this tournament while on their way to the championship.
The last game of the tournament saw HUBC men taking on Malacca Chin Woo in a tightly contested “Final”. Chin Woo took the lead in the first quarter with Home trailing behind by 3 points. The next 3 quarters were all Home United when they overtook Chin Woo and maintained their lead all the way to the final buzzer.
Chin Woo was playing badly at one point during the 3rd quarter, allowing HUBC to take a 15-point lead. Although Chin Woo tried to recover from the break, it was all too late for them to catch up.
The women team seems to be cruising past their opponents. As expected, Qian Xi and Kg Ubi Kembangan are the only team that caused trouble to HUBC. With such talents in the squad, the women team should be able to capture next year’s NBL Championship.
HUBC Men’s Results
HUBC beat Tagawa 47-62
HUBC beat BBAXN All Stars 74-71
HUBC beat Tong Whye 73-57
HUBC beat Eng Tat 71-66
HUBC beat Malacca Chin Woo 78-65
HUBC Women’s Results
HUBC beat Qian Xi 54-49
HUBC beat Kg Ubi Kembangan (B) 117-44
HUBC beat T-Net Club @ Bukit Merah 60-47
HUBC beat Kg Ubi Kembangan (A) 65-58
The last game of the tournament saw HUBC men taking on Malacca Chin Woo in a tightly contested “Final”. Chin Woo took the lead in the first quarter with Home trailing behind by 3 points. The next 3 quarters were all Home United when they overtook Chin Woo and maintained their lead all the way to the final buzzer.
Chin Woo was playing badly at one point during the 3rd quarter, allowing HUBC to take a 15-point lead. Although Chin Woo tried to recover from the break, it was all too late for them to catch up.
The women team seems to be cruising past their opponents. As expected, Qian Xi and Kg Ubi Kembangan are the only team that caused trouble to HUBC. With such talents in the squad, the women team should be able to capture next year’s NBL Championship.
HUBC Men’s Results
HUBC beat Tagawa 47-62
HUBC beat BBAXN All Stars 74-71
HUBC beat Tong Whye 73-57
HUBC beat Eng Tat 71-66
HUBC beat Malacca Chin Woo 78-65
HUBC Women’s Results
HUBC beat Qian Xi 54-49
HUBC beat Kg Ubi Kembangan (B) 117-44
HUBC beat T-Net Club @ Bukit Merah 60-47
HUBC beat Kg Ubi Kembangan (A) 65-58
Saturday, 22 December 2007
Ice Skating at Singapore Basketball Center
What would you expect when BBAXN meet Malacca Chin Woo and Home United meeting Eng Tat Hornets? Fast pace game with lots of fast breaks are what you would want to see or expects from these four teams. But in last night match, none of the two highlights were showing sign of what we expected the game to be…. It turned out to be two boring match of the whole tournament so far – disappointment.
It’s not any team fault for their display in last night’s games. It’s not the players who took the game lightly. It’s all because of the “Ice Skating ring” court of SBC. The courts in SBC are so slippery these days. It became worst when its raining. The whole place becomes a skating place for everyone.
Players were falling here and there and even the referees are victim to those floor. And to my surprise, there isn’t any floor boys mopping the floor and the players have to do it themselves. Nevertheless, the matches went on without having any players injured because of the condition of the floor, but the pace of the games was totally affected by it. We seem to be watching a batch of 40 year old players running up and down the court.
Home United and Chin Woo as expected beat their opponent last night and remaining the only team unbeaten so far in the tournament. This would mean that Sunday games would be like a Grand Final – Winner takes all in this final showdown.
Hopefully by then, BAS would quickly work something out with their courts and we can all witness a great match which involves the two titans.
It’s not any team fault for their display in last night’s games. It’s not the players who took the game lightly. It’s all because of the “Ice Skating ring” court of SBC. The courts in SBC are so slippery these days. It became worst when its raining. The whole place becomes a skating place for everyone.
Players were falling here and there and even the referees are victim to those floor. And to my surprise, there isn’t any floor boys mopping the floor and the players have to do it themselves. Nevertheless, the matches went on without having any players injured because of the condition of the floor, but the pace of the games was totally affected by it. We seem to be watching a batch of 40 year old players running up and down the court.
Home United and Chin Woo as expected beat their opponent last night and remaining the only team unbeaten so far in the tournament. This would mean that Sunday games would be like a Grand Final – Winner takes all in this final showdown.
Hopefully by then, BAS would quickly work something out with their courts and we can all witness a great match which involves the two titans.
Friday, 21 December 2007
Home United Extends Winning Streak
After cruising pass Tagawa 47-62 in the opening match of the tournament, Home United extended their winning streak after a hard fought match against BBAXN All Stars. The young and energetic BBAXN team caused Home United a lot of trouble with their pace and shooting. But the more experience Home United showed that they are able to fight back till the very last moment.
A rash of moment from the BBAXN and national point guard Wei Long gifted Home win in this match. If he had remain cool headed in his foul called by the referee in the last minute of the game, BBAXN may have kept their 100% win record against the mighty Home United. Koh Meng Koon hit all four free throws, followed by Jason Tan hitting the fast break with one seconds remaining in the clock, broke the lost spell against BBAXN All Stars with a 74-71 win.
Tong Whye became the latest victim as they lost to Home United with the score 73-57. The game show similarity in this year’s NBL final. Both teams were closely contested in the first half and Home pulled away during the 3rd and last quarter. Last night, a much lackluster performance by Home United in the first half, found themselves lucky enough to overcome Tong Whye in the final 3rd and 4th quarter of the game.
Two more games to go for Home to retain their Championship for another year. Tonight, Home will face Eng Tat Hornets while Malacca Chin Woo and BBAXN in the match ahead of Home’s will decide which the teams are to stands a chance to win the Championship.
A rash of moment from the BBAXN and national point guard Wei Long gifted Home win in this match. If he had remain cool headed in his foul called by the referee in the last minute of the game, BBAXN may have kept their 100% win record against the mighty Home United. Koh Meng Koon hit all four free throws, followed by Jason Tan hitting the fast break with one seconds remaining in the clock, broke the lost spell against BBAXN All Stars with a 74-71 win.
Tong Whye became the latest victim as they lost to Home United with the score 73-57. The game show similarity in this year’s NBL final. Both teams were closely contested in the first half and Home pulled away during the 3rd and last quarter. Last night, a much lackluster performance by Home United in the first half, found themselves lucky enough to overcome Tong Whye in the final 3rd and 4th quarter of the game.
Two more games to go for Home to retain their Championship for another year. Tonight, Home will face Eng Tat Hornets while Malacca Chin Woo and BBAXN in the match ahead of Home’s will decide which the teams are to stands a chance to win the Championship.
Monday, 17 December 2007
Converse Singapore Basketball Challenge 2007
The familiar 7-11 Singapore Challenge Cup was renamed this season as the Converse Singapore Basketball Challenge. The tournament will be held from 17 Dec 2007 to 23 Dec 2007. Differ from past years are the tournament format and its category. The women category was added in this year’s Challenge Cup.
In the past, play-off format were used in the tournament. But this year, with only 6 teams from each category, the organizing body decided to have it in single round robin format. Teams from the men category are this year NBL Champion, Home United, Runner-up Tong Whye, 3rd placing Eng Tat Hornets and fifth place Tagawa as well as Malaysia power house, Malacca Chin Woo. The women category consist the likes, Home United, Qian Xi, Kg Ubi Kembangan (A and B) and T-net Club.
Home United will take on Tagawa in today’s opening match at 7.30pm at Singapore Basketball Center while the women team takes on Qian Xi tomorrow at 7pm.
Keep a look out for new updates of Home United games!
HUBC Men fixtures
17th Dec 2007 @7.30pm: Tagawa vs HUBC
18th Dec 2007 @8.30pm: BBAXN All Stars vs HUBC
20th Dec 2007 @8.30pm: HUBC vs Tong Whye
21st Dec 2007@8.30pm: Eng Tat vs HUBC
23rd Dec 2007@3pm: Chin Woo vs HUBC
HUBC Women Fixtures
18th Dec 2007 @7pm: Qian Xii vs HUBC
21st Dec 2007 @7pm: HUBC vs Kg Ubi Kembangan (B)
22nd Dec 2007 @7pm: T-net vs HUBC
23rd Dec 2007 @12pm : HUBC vs Kg Ubi Kembangan (A)
In the past, play-off format were used in the tournament. But this year, with only 6 teams from each category, the organizing body decided to have it in single round robin format. Teams from the men category are this year NBL Champion, Home United, Runner-up Tong Whye, 3rd placing Eng Tat Hornets and fifth place Tagawa as well as Malaysia power house, Malacca Chin Woo. The women category consist the likes, Home United, Qian Xi, Kg Ubi Kembangan (A and B) and T-net Club.
Home United will take on Tagawa in today’s opening match at 7.30pm at Singapore Basketball Center while the women team takes on Qian Xi tomorrow at 7pm.
Keep a look out for new updates of Home United games!
HUBC Men fixtures
17th Dec 2007 @7.30pm: Tagawa vs HUBC
18th Dec 2007 @8.30pm: BBAXN All Stars vs HUBC
20th Dec 2007 @8.30pm: HUBC vs Tong Whye
21st Dec 2007@8.30pm: Eng Tat vs HUBC
23rd Dec 2007@3pm: Chin Woo vs HUBC
HUBC Women Fixtures
18th Dec 2007 @7pm: Qian Xii vs HUBC
21st Dec 2007 @7pm: HUBC vs Kg Ubi Kembangan (B)
22nd Dec 2007 @7pm: T-net vs HUBC
23rd Dec 2007 @12pm : HUBC vs Kg Ubi Kembangan (A)
Monday, 10 December 2007
Home United Under 14 achieved fourth place in Milo Cup
The Under 14 Milo Cup organised by BAS came to a closure yesterday at the Singapore Basketball Center. As Huang Engineering, Tungsan and Tong Whye have already secured the Top 3 places respectively, the match between Home United and T-net Club was the limelight of all the games yesterday.
Both team started of defensively with T-net leading by 7-0 at the end of 1st quarter. Home although defended well to hold of T-net from scoring, but they found themselves in trouble with their own scoring ability. They did not managed to score a basket in the whole quarter.
The game starts to open up in the second quarter with Home coming back aggressively to overtake in the 2nd quarter. But they paid a heavy price as their main players; No. 7 An Song and No.11 Jia Shun were fouled out during the 3rd quarter.
T-net definitely did not make good use of Home’s foul trouble and were unable to stop Home from scoring through their center No.15 Minghua.
It was a sweet victory for the Home boys as they gave it all for this game. It was their hunger and determination that won the game. When asked about Home’s performance for this game, “It was a good game, the boys stick to my instructions and played well. They have improved through the games and this match is one of the better performances they have put in. I’m proud of them” – Jason Tan, coach for Home United
This should consider a good start for the boys who have such a long way to go in their basketball life and passion. Keep up the good work and we shall see them in more action in future.
Both team started of defensively with T-net leading by 7-0 at the end of 1st quarter. Home although defended well to hold of T-net from scoring, but they found themselves in trouble with their own scoring ability. They did not managed to score a basket in the whole quarter.
The game starts to open up in the second quarter with Home coming back aggressively to overtake in the 2nd quarter. But they paid a heavy price as their main players; No. 7 An Song and No.11 Jia Shun were fouled out during the 3rd quarter.
T-net definitely did not make good use of Home’s foul trouble and were unable to stop Home from scoring through their center No.15 Minghua.
It was a sweet victory for the Home boys as they gave it all for this game. It was their hunger and determination that won the game. When asked about Home’s performance for this game, “It was a good game, the boys stick to my instructions and played well. They have improved through the games and this match is one of the better performances they have put in. I’m proud of them” – Jason Tan, coach for Home United
This should consider a good start for the boys who have such a long way to go in their basketball life and passion. Keep up the good work and we shall see them in more action in future.
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